Indiana House Bill 1300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Raises the population threshold at which a city qualifies to become a first class city to 1,500,000. Establishes a process for deconsolidation of a consolidated city if the population of the consolidated city becomes less than the number that defines a first class city. Provides that each political subdivision in the county having the consolidated city becomes a reorganizing political subdivision and establishes a reorganization committee to prepare a plan to reorganize the political subdivisions in the county. Provides the procedures for the operation of the reorganizing committee. Provides the details required for the reorganization plan. Provides that if the voters of the county approve the reorganization plan, the political subdivisions in the county are reorganized as provided in the reorganization plan. Provides that if the voters of the county do not approve the reorganization plan, the consolidated city becomes a second class city and the other political subdivisions in the county will be governed as provided by law for other like political subdivisions.

Counties having a consolidated city.

Rep. John Bartlett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2012-01-11		Authored by Representative Bartlett

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1300
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1300.1.html